pkill pattern kills its own shell: every scripter's classic facepalm

generativist · x · 2026-10-15

A relatable AI-coding-circle gripe: a pkill pattern matched the very shell running it, forcing a more careful redo. "bro every time" — the classic self-inflicted process cleanup fail every scripter knows.

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